Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G vs Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 685) that was released on January 15, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9825 and came out 4 years and 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 12
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4300 mAh
- Delivers 16% higher peak brightness (927 against 801 nits)
- The phone is 4 years and 7 months newer
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (819K versus 464K)
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Handles Qi/PMA wireless charging up to 15W
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- 25% higher pixel density (495 vs 395 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 33W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1440 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 495 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 700 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.6% | 92.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 95.4% |
| PWM | 389 Hz | 250 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3.6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Note 10 Plus
6.8″ (19:9 ratio) = 17.9 in2
Redmi Note 13 4G
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.24 mm (6.39 inches) | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 75.55 mm (2.97 inches) | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.97 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 188.5 g (6.65 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Yellow | White, Black, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A73 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: M4 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 610 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 288 |
| GPU clock | 1260 MHz | 754 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~322.6 GFLOPS | ~434.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 382 | 5214 |
| Single-core score | 439 | 1061 |
| Multi-core score | 1388 | 2640 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 163913 | 312389 |
| GPU | 29553 | 140755 |
| Memory | 157760 | 165805 |
| UX | 113610 | 200505 |
| Total score | 464836 | 819454 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 96% |
| Graphics test | - | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 393 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1002 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8242 | 8308 |
| Video editing | 3896 | 5802 |
| Photo editing | 13868 | 19062 |
| Data manipulation | 6501 | 7232 |
| Writing score | 9575 | 10895 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Anas) | Battery life | SOT 5:10 / 12:10 |
| 📘 2026-05-17 (cywrx) | AnTuTu 11 | 516466 |
| 📘 2026-05-03 (sa1tyko) | AnTuTu 11 | 587705 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (Joaop28) | AnTuTu 11 | 545620 |
| 📘 2026-02-15 (Pedipalriatoris) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 377 |
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (s1roka) | AnTuTu 12 | 933602 |
| 📘 2026-06-17 -> j7primeciadam | AnTuTu 11 | 819454 |
| 📘 2026-05-25 (M1nn44a) | AnTuTu 11 | 722666 |
| 📘 2026-03-22 (Wolf_Tech 🐺) | AnTuTu 11 | 824382 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Random person) | AnTuTu 11 | 806002 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 1000 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | One UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 31.6 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 2 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 29 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:13 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:43 hr | 06:30 hr |
| Watching video | 14:05 hr | 11:51 hr |
| Gaming | 05:27 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 85 hr | 105 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.5 - 2.4 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KHM6 | Samsung SAK2L4 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | - | 52 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 16 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02B10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | No | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 103 |
| Video | - | 93 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.1 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 13 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | August 2019 |
| Release date | January 2024 | August 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 4G | - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.19 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 33 W | Yes, 25 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus is definitely a better buy.
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